Andrew Moshfeghi, MD, MBA

Andrew A. Moshfeghi, MD, MBA, earned his medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine in 1999. Following completion of his residency in ophthalmology, Dr. Moshfeghi attended the prestigious Bascom Palmer Eye Institute for his fellowship training in medial retina and vitreoretinal surgery and diseases. He also graduated from the University of Miami Graduate School of Business Administration with an MBA specializing in Health Sector Policy and Management.

Dr. Andrew A. Moshfeghi serves as an associate professor of clinical ophthalmology, director of Clinical Trials, and director of the Medical Retina and Surgical Retina Fellowship Programs at USC. He is a recognized expert in diseases of the vitreous, retina, and macula. He formerly served as associate professor of Ophthalmology and medical director at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami. Dr. Moshfeghi is a noted vitreoretinal surgeon.

Dr. Moshfeghi’s research concentrates on evaluation of intraocular pharmacotherapeutics, application of novel ophthalmic imaging techniques, and assessing health care utilization trends.

• American Society of Retina Specialists: ASRS Honor Award, 2015-2015
• American Academy of Ophthalmology: AAO Achievement Award, 2013-2013
• Castle Connolly Top Doctors: Top Doctors Award, 2012-2015
• The Best Doctors in America: Best Doctors Award, 2009-2015
• University of Miami Graduate School of Business Administration, Executive MBA Program in Health Sect: Award of Academic Merit, 2009
• University of Miami School of Business Administration Program in Health Sector Policy & Management: Full-Tuition Competitive Scholarship for Executive MBA, 2007-2009
• Ronald G Michels Fellowship Foundation: Ronald G. Michels Fellowship Foundation Award, 2005-2006
• Tulane University School of Medicine: James H. Allen Award for Excellence in Ophthalmology, 1998-1999
• The University of Chicago Small School Talent Search Scholar, 1991-1995

• Simulation of long-term impact of intravitreal anti-VEGF therapy on patients with severe non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy BMJ Open Ophthalmol. 2023 03; 8(1). . View in PubMed
• Epidemiology of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in commercially insured myopes in the United States Sci Rep. 2023 06 09; 13(1):9430. . View in PubMed
• Factors associated with diabetic macular edema in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2022 Jul; 260(7):2191-2200. . View in PubMed
• Capillary density and caliber as assessed by optical coherence tomography angiography may be significant predictors of diabetic retinopathy severity PLoS One. 2022; 17(1):e0262996. . View in PubMed
• FAILED LASER RETINOPEXY IN A PATIENT UNDERGOING PAZOPANIB THERAPY Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2021 Nov 01; 15(6):752-755. . View in PubMed
• Visual Acuity Outcomes in Patients Receiving Frequent Treatment of Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Clinical Practice J Vitreoretin Dis. 2021 May-Jun; 5(3):221-226. . View in PubMed
• Evaluation of Patients Receiving Intravitreal Antivascular Endothelial Growth Factor for Diabetic Macular Edema in Clinical Practice in the United States J Vitreoretin Dis. 2021 Mar-Apr; 5(2):108-113. . View in PubMed
• Relating Retinal Vascular Oxygen Saturation and Microvasculature Morphology at Progressive Stages of Diabetic Retinopathy Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2021 05 03; 10(6):4. . View in PubMed
• Increasing Incidence and Prevalence of Common Retinal Diseases in Retina Practices Across the United States Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2021 01 01; 52(1):29-36. . View in PubMed
• Outcomes in Patients with Diabetic Macular Edema Requiring Cataract Surgery in VISTA and VIVID Studies Ophthalmol Retina. 2020 05; 4(5):481-485. . View in PubMed
• Five-Year Patterns of Diabetic Retinopathy Progression in US Clinical Practice Clin Ophthalmol. 2020; 14:3651-3659. . View in PubMed
• Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia With Sudden Vision Loss JAMA Ophthalmol. 2020 02 01; 138(2):206-207. . View in PubMed
• Social Cost of Blindness Due to AMD and Diabetic Retinopathy in the United States in 2020 Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2020 04 01; 51(4):S6-S14. . View in PubMed
• LONG-TERM VISUAL OUTCOMES AND CLINICAL FEATURES AFTER ANTI-VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR INJECTION-RELATED ENDOPHTHALMITIS Retina. 2019 Nov; 39(11):2070-2076. . View in PubMed
• Thomas ASwift’s Electric Rifle Injuries to the Eye and Ocular Adnexa: The Management of Complex Trauma. Ophthalmol Retina. 2019 03; 3(3):258-269. . View in PubMed
• Digital Nullification of Visual Distortion to Quantify Metamorphopsia: A Pilot Study Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2019 12 01; 51(1):11-20. . View in PubMed
• Elimination of a False-Negative Result With the M-CHARTS Metamorphopsia Assessment Tool Achieved Through Sampling Oblique Axes Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2019 11 01; 50(11):734-736. . View in PubMed
• A novel classification of high myopia into anterior and posterior pathologic subtypes Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2018 Oct; 256(10):1847-1856. . View in PubMed
• Impact of Cataract Surgery during Treatment with Ranibizumab in Patients with Diabetic Macular Edema Ophthalmol Retina. 2018 02; 2(2):86-90. . View in PubMed
• Outer Retinal Defects Represent a Normal Recovery Pathway Following Internal Limiting Membrane Peeling in Macular Hole Surgery Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2018 09 01; 49(9):e1-e8. . View in PubMed
• Ocular Tolerance of Contemporary Electronic Display Devices Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2018 05 01; 49(5):346-354. . View in PubMed
• Trends in Hospitalization and Incidence Rate for Syphilitic Uveitis in the United States From 1998 to 2009 Am J Ophthalmol. 2017 Aug; 180:133-141. . View in PubMed
• Quantitative microvascular analysis of retinal venous occlusions by spectral domain optical coherence tomography angiography PLoS One. 2017; 12(4):e0176404. . View in PubMed
• The Epidemiology of Retinopathy of Prematurity in the United States Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2017 07 01; 48(7):553-562. . View in PubMed
• Evaluation of Visunex Medical’s PanoCam(TM) LT and PanoCam(TM) Pro wide-field imaging systems for the screening of ROP in newborn infants Expert Rev Med Devices. 2016 Aug; 13(8):705-12. . View in PubMed
• Eye-related Emergency Department Visits in the United States, 2010 Ophthalmology. 2016 Apr; 123(4):917-9. . View in PubMed
• Mining Retrospective Data for Virtual Prospective Drug Repurposing: L-DOPA and Age-related Macular Degeneration Am J Med. 2016 Mar; 129(3):292-8. . View in PubMed
• Impaired Retinal Perfusion Resulting From Vitreoretinal Traction: A Mechanism of Retinal Vascular Insufficiency Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2016 Mar; 47(3):1-11. . View in PubMed
• Self-Reported Characteristics of Retina Specialists in the United States Ophthalmology. 2016 Feb; 123(2):438-440. . View in PubMed
• Rates of Reoperation and Retinal Detachment after Macular Hole Surgery Ophthalmology. 2016 Jan; 123(1):26-31. . View in PubMed
• Widefield OCT Findings of a Patient With Stellate Nonhereditary Idiopathic Foveomacular Retinoschisis Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2016 08 01; 47(8):774-7. . View in PubMed
• OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY OF RETINAL VENOUS OCCLUSION Retina. 2015 Nov; 35(11):2323-31. . View in PubMed
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• Postoperative Hemorrhagic Occlusive Retinal Vasculitis: Expanding the Clinical Spectrum and Possible Association with Vancomycin Ophthalmology. 2015 Jul; 122(7):1438-51. . View in PubMed
• Association Between Growth of Geographic Atrophy and the Complement Factor I Locus Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2015 Jul-Aug; 46(7):772-4. . View in PubMed
• Current Infectious Endophthalmitis Rates After Intravitreal Injections of Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Agents and Outcomes of Treatment Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2015 Jun; 46(6):643-8. . View in PubMed
• Comparison of Geographic Atrophy Growth Rates Using Different Imaging Modalities in the COMPLETE Study Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2015 Apr; 46(4):413-22. . View in PubMed
• Risk factors predictive of endogenous endophthalmitis among hospitalized patients with hematogenous infections in the United States Am J Ophthalmol. 2015 Mar; 159(3):498-504. . View in PubMed
• Ambulatory surgery center utilization by vitreoretinal surgeons: 1999-2011 Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2015 Mar; 46(3):355-61. . View in PubMed
• Feasibility of telemedicine in detecting diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration Semin Ophthalmol. 2015 Mar; 30(2):81-95. . View in PubMed
• Incidence of bleb-associated endophthalmitis in the United States Clin Ophthalmol. 2015; 9:317-22. . View in PubMed
• Incidence of postoperative suprachoroidal hemorrhage after glaucoma filtration surgeries in the United States Clin Ophthalmol. 2015; 9:579-84. . View in PubMed
• Severe bilateral ischemic retinal vasculitis following cataract surgery Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2014 Jul-Aug; 45(4):338-42. . View in PubMed
• Systemic complement inhibition with eculizumab for geographic atrophy in age-related macular degeneration: the COMPLETE study Ophthalmology. 2014 Mar; 121(3):693-701. . View in PubMed
• Change in drusen volume as a novel clinical trial endpoint for the study of complement inhibition in age-related macular degeneration Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2014 Jan-Feb; 45(1):18-31. . View in PubMed
• Differential flow rate of commercially available triamcinolone with and without preservative through small-gauge needles Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2014 Jan-Feb; 45(1):54-7. . View in PubMed
• Ocriplasmin: a medical or surgical therapy? Retina. 2013 Nov-Dec; 33(10):2001-2.. View in PubMed
• Initial outcomes following intravitreal ocriplasmin for treatment of symptomatic vitreomacular adhesion Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2013 Jul-Aug; 44(4):334-43. . View in PubMed
• Fundus findings in chronic granulomatous disease Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2013 Jul-Aug; 44(4):390-2. . View in PubMed
• Academic productivity and its relationship to physician salaries in the University of California Healthcare System South Med J. 2013 Jul; 106(7):415-21. . View in PubMed
• Predicting the progression of geographic atrophy in age-related macular degeneration with SD-OCT en face imaging of the outer retina Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2013 Jul-Aug; 44(4):344-59. . View in PubMed
• 16 and 24 Gy low-voltage X-ray irradiation with ranibizumab therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration: 12-month outcomesAm J Ophthalmol. 2013 Jun; 155(6):1000-1008. e2. . View in PubMed
• Eight questions with DrPuliafito. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2013 Jan-Feb; 44(1):103-4. . View in PubMed
• 16 Gy low-voltage x-ray irradiation followed by as needed ranibizumab therapy for age-related macular degeneration: 12 month outcomes of a ‘radiation-first’ strategy Br J Ophthalmol. 2012 Oct; 96(10):1320-4. . View in PubMed
• Uveitis, the Comparison of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Treatments Trials (CATT), and intravitreal biologics for ocular inflammationAm J Ophthalmol. 2012 Sep; 154(3):429-435. e2. . View in PubMed
• The influence of medical school and residency training program upon choice of an academic career and academic productivity among otolaryngology faculty in the United States of America: our experience of 1433 academic otolaryngologists Clin Otolaryngol. 2012 Feb; 37(1):58-62. . View in PubMed
• 24-Gy low-voltage x-ray irradiation with ranibizumab therapy for neovascular AMD: 6-month safety and functional outcomes Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2012 Jan-Feb; 43(1):20-4. . View in PubMed
• 16-Gy low-voltage x-ray irradiation with ranibizumab therapy for AMD: 6-month safety and functional outcomes Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2011 Nov-Dec; 42(6):468-73. . View in PubMed
• 16-Gy low-voltage x-ray irradiation followed by as-needed ranibizumab therapy for AMD: 6-month outcomes of a “radiation-first” strategy Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2011 Nov-Dec; 42(6):460-7. . View in PubMed
• Medical school and residency influence on choice of an academic career and academic productivity among neurosurgery faculty in the United StatesClinical article. J Neurosurg. 2011 Aug; 115(2):380-6. . View in PubMed
• Medical school and residency influence on choice of an academic career and academic productivity among US neurology faculty Arch Neurol. 2011 Aug; 68(8):999-1004. . View in PubMed
• Endophthalmitis following intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor injections for neovascular age-related macular degeneration Semin Ophthalmol. 2011 May; 26(3):139-48. . View in PubMed
• Radiation treatment for age-related macular degeneration Semin Ophthalmol. 2011 May; 26(3):121-30. . View in PubMed
• Endophthalmitis after intravitreal vascular [corrected] endothelial growth factor antagonists: a six-year experience at a university referral center Retina. 2011 Apr; 31(4):662-8. . View in PubMed
• The vitreous trap: a simple, surgeon-controlled technique for obtaining undiluted vitreous and subretinal specimens during pars plana vitrectomy Retina. 2011 Feb; 31(2):426-7; author reply 427. . View in PubMed
• Local ischemia and increased expression of vascular endothelial growth factor following ocular dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis PLoS One. 2011; 6(12):e28383. . View in PubMed
• Declining incidence of neonatal endophthalmitis in the United StatesAm J Ophthalmol. 2011 Jan; 151(1):59-65. e1. . View in PubMed
• Management of ruptured retinal arterial macroaneurysm with intravitreal bevacizumab Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2010 Aug 30; 41 Online:e1-5. . View in PubMed
• Management of ruptured retinal arterial macroaneurysm with intravitreal bevacizumab Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2010 Jul-Aug; 41(4):1-5. . View in PubMed
• Intravitreal injection analysis at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute: evaluation of clinical indications for the treatment and incidence rates of endophthalmitis Clin Ophthalmol. 2010 May 25; 4:519-24. . View in PubMed
• The comparison of clinical outcomes of endophthalmitis from fluoroquinolone-resistant and susceptible bacteria Clin Ophthalmol. 2010 Apr 26; 4:211-4. . View in PubMed
• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis isolation from the vitrectomy specimen four hours after initial treatment with vancomycin and ceftazidime Clin Ophthalmol. 2010 Mar 04; 4:101-4. . View in PubMed
• Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography appearance of preretinal aggregation of intravitreal antibiotics Retina. 2010 Jan; 30(1):184-5. . View in PubMed
• Pathology of macular foveoschisis associated with degenerative myopia J Ophthalmol. 2010; 2010. . View in PubMed
• Triamcinolone acetonide preparations: impact of crystal size on in vitro behavior Retina. 2009 May; 29(5):689-98. . View in PubMed
• Posterior juxtascleral injection of anecortave acetate: magnetic resonance and echographic imaging and localization in rabbit eyes Retina. 2007 Feb; 27(2):247-52. . View in PubMed
• Systemic bevacizumab (Avastin) therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration: twenty-four-week results of an uncontrolled open-label clinical studyOphthalmology. 2006 Nov; 113(11):2002. e1-12. . View in PubMed
• Valsalva-like retinopathy following hyperopic laser in situ keratomileusis Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2006 Nov-Dec; 37(6):486-8. . View in PubMed
• Surgical management of macular retinoschisis associated with high myopia Arch Ophthalmol. 2006 Aug; 124(8):1197-9. . View in PubMed
• Micro- and nanoparticulates Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 2005 Dec 13; 57(14):2047-52. . View in PubMed
• Optical coherence tomography findings after an intravitreal injection of bevacizumab (avastin) for neovascular age-related macular degeneration Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2005 Jul-Aug; 36(4):331-5. . View in PubMed
• Surgical management of non-metallic and non-magnetic metallic intraocular foreign bodies Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2005 May-Jun; 36(3):189-96. . View in PubMed
• Pegaptanib sodium for the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 2005 May; 14(5):671-82. . View in PubMed
• Indocyanine green angiography findings in sympathetic ophthalmia Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2005 Mar-Apr; 36(2):163-6. . View in PubMed
• Idiopathic macular hole with extensive subretinal fluid: clinical and optical coherence tomography features before and after surgery Am J Ophthalmol. 2005 Feb; 139(2):383-6. . View in PubMed
• Persistent outer retinal defect after successful macular hole repair Am J Ophthalmol. 2005 Jan; 139(1):183-4. . View in PubMed
• Lens-sparing vitrectomy for progressive tractional retinal detachments associated with stage 4A retinopathy of prematurity Arch Ophthalmol. 2004 Dec; 122(12):1816-8. . View in PubMed
• Pseudohypopyon after intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide injection for cystoid macular edema Am J Ophthalmol. 2004 Sep; 138(3):489-92. . View in PubMed
• Management of magnetic intravitreal foreign bodies in 71 eyes Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2004 Sep-Oct; 35(5):372-8. . View in PubMed
• Excellent visual outcome and reversal of dragging after lens sparing vitrectomy for progressive tractional stage 4a retinopathy of prematurity retinal detachment Retina. 2004 Aug; 24(4):615-6. . View in PubMed
• The effects of scleral buckling on young rabbit eyes Arch Ophthalmol. 2004 Apr; 122(4):473-6. . View in PubMed
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